"Skyfall" week early sales

Writer: Elaine Ewe

Daniel Craig reprises his role as James Bond in "Skyfall".

23 Oct – Moviegoers and fans who are eagerly anticipating the release of "Skyfall" on 1 November will be able to purchase their tickets a week early from Golden Screen Cinemas (GSC) starting this Friday, 26 October at the latest.

For TGV, tickets are currently available for purchase online, although there may be changes later on as it is still too early. The selected TGV outlets mentioned are TGV Bukit Tinggi, TGV Bukit Raja, TGV Cheras Selatan, TGV CapSquare, TGV Ipoh, TGV Suria KLCC, TGV Kepong, TGV Mines, TGV Mesra Mall, TGV Rawang, TGV Seberang Prai, TGV Sunway Pyramid and TGV Tebrau City.

So far, MBO Cinemas have not yet announced advanced tickets sales.

[Edit: MBO Cinemas just confirmed that they have also opened advance ticket sales for "Skyfall" since last Thursday.]

Meanwhile, in Singapore, Cathay Cineplexes and Shaw have opened advanced ticket sales for "Skyfall" as well, while at Golden Village, only "Skyfall" Gold Class Set tickets are available to date. The SGD90+ set includes a Gold Class ticket & set menu.

The film marks the 23rd film in the James Bond franchise, which began with "Dr. No" in 1962, with Sean Connery as agent 007. Now, 50 years later, English actor Daniel Craig holds the license to kill in what is his third film, "Skyfall", directed by Sam Mendes, who is known for his work on "Revolutionary Road".

Bond and M confronting the villainous Raoul Silva in a scene in "Skyfall".

When an operation in Istanbul ends in disaster, James Bond becomes missing and is presumed to be dead, while the identities of every active undercover MI6 agent are leaked onto the internet. In the aftermath, questions are raised over M (Judi Dench)'s ability to run the Secret Service, and she becomes the subject of a government review over her handling of the situation. Bond's sudden reappearance gives M the pretext she needs to seek out Raoul Silva (Javier Bardem), a dangerous villain claiming a personal connection to both of them – but as he follows a trail from London to the South China Sea, Bond soon finds his loyalty to M challenged over secrets from her past.

Aside from Craig, Dench and Bardem, "Skyfall" also stars Ralph Fiennes, Naomie Harris, Bérénice Marlohe and Ben Whishaw. The spy film is set to be released in Malaysia and Singapore on 1 November 2012.